Sharing
the
Promised
Land A Tale of Israelis & Palestinians Softcover book by Dilip Hiro Over 360 pages First American edition published in 1999 by OLIVE BRANCH PRESS Copyright © Dilip Hiro 1996, 1999 " " Hiro is the perfect chronicler ... as an Indian he is
implicated neither by religion nor ethnicity. "
- Daily Telegraph (London) " " " [A] clear, non-judgemental and unbiased account of Israeli-Palestinian relations ...
Every aspect of the conflict is given a refreshing airing ... "
- Jerusalem Post " " On September 13, 1993, the world watched, hypnotized, as Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn.
The following year the PLO set up the Palestinian Authority in the Palestinian Territories. But after the assassination of Rabin in late 1995, and the election of Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister, the peace process came to a virtual halt.
Yet hopes for peace and reconciliation linger- in the region and the world at large. " " Indian-born Dilip Hiro, a specialist on the Middle East since the late 1970s, provides a comprehensive and even-handed chronicle of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship, shaped by confrontation and negotiation- in the process offering anatomies of the two societies.
From Jerusalem's Old City, home of Judaism's Western Wall and Islam's Dome of the Rock, to the conflict-ridden Hebron, to sparkling Jewish settlements in the West Bank, to the hovels of the Gaza refugee camps, Hiro's Sharing the Promised Land captures the essence of a long, complex tale engagingly. " Contents includes: " Maps
Preface
Acronyms Introduction 1 The Walled Heart of Jerusalem: A Battleground 2 Jerusalem: Yerushalayim/Al Quds 3 Mea Shearim: A Fortress of Jewish Ultra-Orthodoxy 4 Mizrachim/Sephardim: Coming of Age 5 The Secular Center: Pragmatic Politicians 6 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF): The Sword and Social Cement 7 The Double Marginals: Israeli Arabs 8 New Frontiersmen: Zealots on the Hills 9 The West Bank: A Diminishing Heritage of Palestinians 10 Gaza: The End of the Line 11 The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): Armed Resistance to Red-Carpet Respectability 12 The Palestinian Authority: An Embryo 13 Islamist Opposition: Hamas and the Islamic Jihad 14 Divine Promises: The Disputing Inheritors 15 Summing up the Past, Surmising the Future Epilogue Appendices
Appendix I United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973)
Appendix II Letters of Mutual Recognition by Israel and the PLO
Notes
Works Cited
Index " This book is in very nice condition with minor wear to the cover.
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